17-letter words containing h, o, u, s, e, l
- telephone numbers — extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
- the cold shoulder — a show of indifference; slight
- the life and soul — a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness
- the major leagues — the two main leagues of professional baseball clubs in the U.S., the National League and the American League
- the outside world — You can use the outside world to refer to all the people who do not live in a particular place or who are not involved in a particular situation.
- the popular press — cheap newspapers with a mass circulation; the tabloid press
- the sound of mull — the water that separates the island of Mull from the mainland of Scotland
- thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
- thiopental sodium — a barbiturate, C 11 H 18 N 2 NaO 2 S, used as an anesthetic in surgery and, in psychiatry, for narcoanalysis and to stimulate recall of past events.
- thousandths-place — last in order of a series of a thousand.
- three-course meal — A three-course meal is a meal that consists of three parts served one after the other.
- to the lighthouse — a novel (1927) by Virginia Woolf.
- toothbrush holder — a container or rack in a bathroom where toothbrushes are kept when not in use
- trucial sheikdoms — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
- ultrametamorphism — metamorphism during which the temperature of a rock exceeds its melting point.
- welshman's button — an angler's name for a species of caddis fly, Sericostoma personatum